Letter to the editor: What's really going on in Germany

A German native with decades of waste management experience responds to recent comments made by Waste Connections CEO Ron Mittelstaedt.

By Philipp Schmidt-Pathmann • Aug. 30, 2018

Daily Digest: NY DEC joins recycling dialogue, Philly getting $120M digester

Plus news on another Chinese paper mill investment in the U.S., needlestick risks for MRF workers and more in our daily roundup.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 29, 2018

Daily Digest: Cracking the code on contamination, Maryland tightens WTE regulations

Plus news on a Rumpke worker's unique injury, Africa's first WTE facility and more in our daily roundup.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 21, 2018

Daily Digest: Multiple curbside recycling programs end, big Covanta deal in Florida

Plus updates on Chinese tariff effects, the Atlanta Teamsters strike and more in our daily roundup.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 10, 2018

After its first WTE facility closes, California down to 2

The Commerce Refuse-to-Energy Facility quietly stopped accepting waste in June after more than 30 years of operation.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 2, 2018

Covanta's ongoing realignment may get boost from Chinese tariffs

A busy earnings call also covered ongoing growth in special waste, the closure of a New Jersey plant, energy prospects and a surprise effect from the scrap import ban.

By Cole Rosengren • July 30, 2018

Port of Amsterdam plant will convert plastic to ship fuel

The process of converting waste to fuel will emit 80% less carbon dioxide than traditional diesel production. 

By Shefali Kapadia • July 18, 2018

Anti-WTE bill fails to progress in New York

A bill aimed at stopping the Circular enerG project passed the Senate, but didn't get finalized by the Assembly before the state's legislative session ended for the year.

By Cole Rosengren • Updated June 21, 2018

Circular enerG sues New York town over controversial WTE facility

The suit claims the Romulus Zoning Board of Appeals has illegally tried to stop construction of the facility over questions about its renewable energy status.

By Kristin Musulin • June 4, 2018

Fulcrum BioEnergy's Nevada waste-to-fuel project begins final construction phase

The Sierra BioFuels Plant is anticipated to convert approximately 175,000 tons of MSW into more than 10.5 million gallons of fuel annually.

By Kristin Musulin • May 22, 2018

World Biogas Association touts benefits of AD in new report

The report, which was presented to the mayor of Rotterdam on Wednesday, outlines the sources and impact of food waste and an overview of treatment technologies for city leaders.

By Kristin Musulin • May 17, 2018

New York Gov. Cuomo opposes upstate WTE facility

Cuomo said the incinerator project is "not consistent" with his administration's goals for protecting public health, the environment and an agriculture-based economy in the area.

By Kristin Musulin , Cody Boteler • May 16, 2018

Covanta on the upswing heading into 2018

With the Fairfax facility back at full speed, multiple projects moving forward and Chinese tariffs helping metal prices, the waste-to-energy company is on solid footing.

By Cole Rosengren • April 29, 2018

After the fire: Revamping one of Covanta's biggest facilities after it went up in smoke

A February 2017 ignition caused Covanta's Lorton, VA facility to shut down for nearly a year. How did it bounce back?

By Cody Boteler • April 24, 2018

UPDATE: New York has several recommendations for proposed upstate WTE facility

In a letter from the New York Department of Public Service, agency staff outlined several recommendations for Circular EnerG's plan for an upstate WTE project. 

By Cody Boteler • April 13, 2018

UPDATE: Monday's RFS meeting ended with a 3-month punt

President Donald Trump reportedly decided to extend discussions surrounding reform of the Renewable Fuel Standard before making any decisions.

By Cody Boteler • April 11, 2018

North Carolina, Duke University look to pig farms to generate electricity from biogas

Duke is abandoning a conventional power plant in favor of gathering energy from a resource North Carolina has in abundance: pig waste.

By Cody Boteler • April 11, 2018

CLF appeals decision to expand Wheelabrator monofill in Massachusetts

MassDEP issued final approval in April for more capacity at a controversial ash disposal site adjacent to one of the country's oldest waste-to-energy facilities.

By Cole Rosengren • Updated May 10, 2018

Maryland Senate votes to remove 'green energy' label from Wheelabrator Baltimore

The bill would strip waste-to-energy projects of a tax credit, though the legislation may not make it through the House of Delegates.

By Cody Boteler • April 9, 2018

Fiberight CEO suggests delayed facility in Maine will open by December

"It will work," CEO Craig Stuart-Paul said at a town hall meeting this week. "We will prove it to you."

By Cole Rosengren • Updated May 10, 2018

RePower opening Montgomery mixed waste MRF in December

The South Carolina company now plans to install equipment next month, with plans for full operations to kick in by Jan. 2019.

By Cole Rosengren • Updated Nov. 2, 2018

Covanta's Dublin WTE facility fined over 'glitch'

The facility pleaded guilty to three charges of breaking its license with Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency.

By Cody Boteler • March 27, 2018

Unpacking Trump's tariffs: What can we know for sure?

All signs point to President Trump moving forward with steep tariffs on steel and aluminum, though some in waste and recycling say the industry won't feel the effects until 2019.

By Cody Boteler • March 8, 2018

Connecticut considers biogas-boosting bill

The bill would require some electric generators to procure electricity from biogas-to-electricity projects, and follows a report that shows the state has a potential electric capacity of 41 KW from biogas.

By Cody Boteler • March 6, 2018

UPDATE: Augusta, ME votes to build LFG-to-electricity project

The council voted unanimously in Maine's capital to begin harvesting methane to produce electricity from the Hatch Hill landfill.

By Cody Boteler • March 2, 2018